Update on hijacked EgyptAir plane

Update on hijacked EgyptAir plane

About 30 to 40 passengers aboard a hijacked EgyptAir plane which was forced to land in Cyprus have been released.

Cypriot state media earlier reported that 55 passengers and a crew of seven were on board on Tuesday.

The flight was a local flight from Burj El Arab airport in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria to the capital Cairo, Ihab Raslan, spokesman for the Egyptian ministry of civil aviation, tells newsmen.